[[using-shell-customization-logging]]
= Logging

By default, a _Spring Boot_ application logs messages into a console which
at minimum is annoying and may also mix output from a shell commands.
Fortunately, there is a simple way to instruct logging changes via Spring Boot properties.

To completely silence console logging, set the console's logging pattern to an empty value:

[source, yaml]
----
logging:
  pattern:
    console:
----

If you need log from a shell then write those into a file:

[source, yaml]
----
logging:
  file:
    name: shell.log
----

If you need different log levels:

[source, yaml]
----
logging:
  level:
    org:
      springframework:
        shell: debug
----

Passing configuration properties as command line options is not supported,
but you can use other ways supported by Spring Boot, for example:

[source, bash]
----
$ java -Dlogging.level.root=debug -jar demo.jar
$ LOGGING_LEVEL_ROOT=debug java -jar demo.jar
----

NOTE: In a GraalVM image, settings are locked during compilation which means
      you can't change log levels at runtime.